Re: The new Boost 17.0.0

From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-11-29 22:30:30

On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 2:04 PM Glen Fernandes via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Note that for new libraries being accepted into Boost, the only
> requirement is that (at the time of review) they compile with at least
> two C++ compilers and that they at least compile under the current C++
> standard (which today is C++17).
>
> i.e. We accept new libraries that don't compile under C++11, and we
> even have some libraries today that require C++14 or higher.

New libraries always try to support the oldest C++ standard possible. When
your library is new, you instinctively grasp that it will be more popular
the wider the range of the supported platforms. The flip side is that a few
years later, that oldest C++ standard supported by the library is older
still, yet the user base is bigger because of it. Don't turn it into a trap
now, keep it working.